- Built: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan.
- Yard: 732.
- Official number: 182083.
- Launched: March 12, 1947.
- Delivered: March 23, 1948.
- Tonnage: 11.255 GRT, 10.417 dwt.
- Length: 506 ft - 154.23 m.
- Breadth: 66.5 ft - 20.24 m.
- Draft: 27.4 ft - 8.33 m.
- Engines: Two Fairfield-Doxford diesel engines - 14.000 BHP.
- Propellers: Two - 1.110 nhp.
- Speed: 16.5 knots service speed, 18 knots maximum.
- Passengers: First Class 326 - 304 adults & & 22 children & Steerage 80.
- Crew: 150.
- Facilities: Partial Air-Conditioning.
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